Authorities said Mario Whitehead is the teen who was hurt when a gun went off on the court. According to an incident report by the Orlando Police Department, an officer noted that Whitehead said he "was unable to feel or move his legs" overnight.

"They told me he's paralyzed from the waist down and bullets lodged in his spinal cord," said Mario's uncle, Walter Giles.

WESH 2 News spoke with the teen's mother Tuesday.

"The doctors said he is paralyzed but I have hope and faith that he will walk again," she said.

Officials said teen boys were playing a basketball game at Willie Mays Park on Willie Mays Parkway, south of Carver Middle School, on Monday afternoon.

One of the boys, identified as 17-year-old Takim Neal, was carrying a handgun in his jacket. The boy pulled out the gun and it "just went off," hitting Mario.

"(It was just an) innocent game of basketball. (He was just an) innocent bystander," Whitehead's mother said. "This a place for children; why would you have a weapon down here? My child is laying in the hospital paralyzed and, accident or not, it should have never happened."

Officers said witnesses told them the shooting was accidental. All of them said no argument or disagreement occurred.

"It was an accident, but why was he in the park with a loaded gun with a bunch of kids?" said Giles. Whitehead's uncle said Mario dreamed of going into the military.

Neal faces a slew of charges, including carrying a concealed weapon. His sister told WESH 2 that her family didn't know her brother carried a gun.

Whitehead's mother and her brother said this is another senseless tragedy.

"We are hurt and there are people around the world hurting because of guns and this needs to stop," the victim's mother said. "Loose 'em right now, because it ain't worth it."

The family said they are trying to find it in them to forgive the teen responsible.

"I know I should forgive him, but I just don't feel that right now," the victim's mother said. "I am a praying person but right now I can't and maybe one day I will."

Giles said the doctors told him they'd have a better idea of Mario's long-term possibility for getting feeling back in his legs after a few more days pass.